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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

Every year, Candid processes data on nearly two million organizations and more than three million grants. That data makes its way into various products and services to help: nonprofits find funding; researchers, advocates, and journalists derive insights into what is happening in the sector; and all types of funders to make funding decisions.

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Who is sharing nonprofit demographic data with Candid? 

Candid

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. To do so, it’s easy to assume that the best place to start is with as much data as possible. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. foundations in a given year (see chart below).

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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So Now What? Finding Funding for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Well, that's an awful lot of pages of data and words, and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. Let's look at how to get the most valuable and applicable data from the State of Grantseeking reports in the least amount of time. What Data Should I Use? So Now What? Next Steps for Grantseekers. Annual Budget.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Basically, connections can describe anything you want to gather data about to make decisions to improve your network or reach your goals. I've been intrigued by social data exploration and wonder what offline processes might be adapted to doing this with a software tool? Someone you know well enough to call. Family members.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs.

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